n.(名词)

1. 挑战
2. 对抗
3. 惹、激（某人）做某事
4. 向…挑战
5. 挑衅
6. 对抗
7. 蔑视

v.(动词)

1. 反抗
2. 挑
3. 不顾
4. 公开反抗
5. 和…对抗
6. 向…叫阵
7. 违抗
8. 无法经受住
9. 抗住
10. 公然反抗
11. 使落空
12. 蔑视
13. 向…挑战
14. 激
15. 惹
16. 使不能
17. 抗拒
18. 藐视
19. 挑衅
20. 不服从
21. 不尊重
22. 有无法克服的困难
23. 不可能
24. 无法相信
25. 顶住
26. 坚持住
27. 对…满不在乎

v.(动词)

1. vt. 公然反抗 resist openly
2. vt. 不服从; 不尊重 refuse to obey or show respect to
3. vt. 有无法克服的困难 offer difficulties that cannot be overcome

Verb:

1. resist or confront with resistance;

   "The politician defied public opinion"
   "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"
   "The bridge held"
   

2. elude, especially in a baffling way;

   "This behavior defies explanation"
   

3. challenge;

   "I dare you!"
   

1.违抗;反抗;不服从
If youdefy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.

defy

e.g. This was the first (and last) time that I dared todefy my mother...
这是我第一次(也是最后一次)胆敢反抗我的母亲。
e.g. Nearly eleven-thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading.
将近有1.1万人因为违抗禁止在街上摆摊交易的禁令而被捕。

2.挑战;激;认为…不敢(或无法)（做）
If youdefy someoneto do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it.

e.g. Idefy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current Prime Minister...
我敢说你讲不出现任首相的哪怕一项重大成就。
e.g. He looked at me as if he was defying me to argue.
他看着我，仿佛在激我与他争论。

3.无法，难以(描述或理解)
If somethingdefies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.

defy是什么意思

e.g. When the flowers open in spring they fill the night air with a fragrance that defies description...
春天鲜花开放时，夜里的空气中会弥漫一种难以名状的香气。
e.g. It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这种行为野蛮凶残、令人震惊，简直是不可理喻。

4.看上去比实际年轻
If you say that someonedefies theirage, ordefies the years, you mean that their appearance or behaviour suggests that they are younger than they really are.

e.g. The singer continues todefy her age by wearing the scantiest of outfits.
那名女歌手依旧穿着非常暴露的服装，完全不似她这把岁数。

1. 蔑视：人类演进以去拥抱复合宇宙(multiverse),当它演进时,它发现了它的超宇宙以一些蔑视(defy)逻辑的方式,对人类心智来讲是可接取的(accessible). 这就是人类正要进入的舞台,而它不是在一种振动的显灵裡(in a vibratory epiphany)上升到一个更高的次元,

2. 不服从;藐视：cultivate 培养 |defy 不服从;藐视 | degenerate 退化

3. 违抗,不顾,挑激：defraud 欺骗,诈欺 |defy 违抗,不顾,挑激 | degenerate 恶化,变坏

The pine trees defy severe cold.

松树不畏严寒。

If you defy the law, you will be sent to prison.

如果你蔑视法律，你将被送入监狱。

He defined the order of the court.

他蔑视法庭的命令。

He won't allow anyone to defy his ministerial authority.

他不允许任何人挑衅他的教长权威。

They believe it is essential to defy convention.

他们认为反抗流俗是绝对必要的。

No boy should ever defy his parents.

小孩不应反抗他的父母。

I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.

我可不敢不听老师的话。

Hundreds of people today defied the ban on political gatherings.

今天有数百人违抗禁止政治集会的规定。

a political move that defies explanation

无法解释的政治举动

The beauty of the scene defies description.

景色之美简直难以描绘。

The baby boy defied all the odds and survived (= stayed alive when it seemed certain that he would die) .

这名男婴九死一生活了下来。

I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film.

我倒要看看有谁在电影结尾时不哭。

The singer continues to defy her age by wearing the scantiest of outfits.

那名女歌手依旧穿着非常暴露的服装，完全不似她这把岁数。

It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.

这种行为野蛮凶残、令人震惊，简直是不可理喻。

When the flowers open in spring they fill the night air with a fragrance that defies description...

春天鲜花开放时，夜里的空气中会弥漫一种难以名状的香气。

He looked at me as if he was defying me to argue.

他看着我，仿佛在激我与他争论。

This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother...

这是我第一次(也是最后一次)胆敢反抗我的母亲。

Nearly eleven-thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading.

将近有1.1万人因为违抗禁止在街上摆摊交易的禁令而被捕。

I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current Prime Minister...

我敢说你讲不出现任首相的哪怕一项重大成就。

Let them do their worst! ( I defy them to do their worse! )

让他们蛮干好 啦 ( 我不相信他们敢蛮干 )!

The expansion of industry, communications and exchange will defy the imagination of past generations.

工业 、 交通和交换事业的发展,更是前人所不能设想的.

Time is finite and infinite. I defy the indefinite definition.

时间既是有限的又是无限的. 我公然对抗这个模糊的定义.

Conservatives would defy our efforts at bootstrap improvements.

保守派会蔑视我们从根本上变革的努力.

Just being with you feels like I can defy the whole world.

仅仅和你在在一起的感觉可以让我放弃全世界.

We defy them to saddle the blame on the miners.

我们抗议他们强迫矿工们接受指责.

They defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave.

他们不怕困难,前扑后继.

Members of a group of mostly aquatic, photosynthetic organisms ( see photosynthesis ) that defy precise definition.

一群主要是水生的 、 能行 光合作用 而无法精确定义的有机体.

The terrorists defy the government and successively practice the bombing activity.

恐怖组织蔑视政府,接连实施爆炸活动.

Neurological illnesses sometimes defy understanding, Dr. Lachance said and this seemed to be one of them.

Lachance博士说,神经系统疾患有时让人费解, 这个病,好像就是其中一例.

The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow.

松柏参天傲霜雪.

I defy you to prove that I have cheated.

我敢说你不能证明我曾行骗.

Death defy the doctor.

死亡不畏医生.

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. He defied his opponents.
   他公然反抗他的对手们。
2. Jack was not afraid of the strong man, he defied him.
   杰克不惧怕这个强壮的人,杰克向他挑战。
3. The driver of the car was defying the law by speeding.
   那个司机公然违犯法律超速行驶。
4. How long can those criminals continue to defy the law!
   看那些犯罪分子无视法律还能继续多久!
5. If you defy the law, you may find yourself in prison.
   如果你不服从法律,你就可能会坐牢。
6. Now that the boy was earning his own living, he could defy his father's strict rules.
   既然儿子已经自立,他就可能不受父亲的严格家规的约束。
7. He always defied his superiors.
   他总是违抗上级。
8. He defied the club's ruling against talking to the press.
   他无视俱乐部不准向新闻界发表谈话的规定。
9. The problem defied solution.
   这个问题不能解决。
10. The problem defied me.
    这个问题我无法解决。
11. The door defied all attempts to open it.
    这扇门无论如何也打不开。
12. The disease has so far defied all attempts to find a cure.
    至今为止,这种病找不到任何治疗的方法。
13. The vastness of space defied comprehension.
    外层空间的茫茫无垠让人无法弄清其究竟。
14. The beauty of the scenery defied all description.
    景色之美难以形容。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. I defy you to do it.
   我倒要看你敢不敢做。
2. I defy anyone to disprove the defendant's statements.
   我倒要看看有没有人能对被告的陈述进行反驳。
3. I defy you to prove that I have cheated.
   我敢说你不能证明我是否曾经欺诈过。
4. I defy you to give me one good reason for believing you.
   我敢说你举不出充分的理由叫人相信你。

～+名词

• defy%20brute%20force">defy brute force不畏强暴
• defy%20laws%20human%20and%20divine">defy laws human and divine无法无天
• defy%20severe%20cold">defy severe cold不畏严寒
• defy%20one%27s%20superior">defy one's superior违抗上司
• defy%20suppression">defy suppression不怕镇压
• defy%20tradition">defy tradition不顾传统
• defy%20sb%27s%20will">defy sb's will违反某人的意志

～+副词

• defy%20desperately">defy desperately不顾一切地反抗
• defy%20fiercely">defy fiercely激烈地反抗
• defy%20mortally">defy mortally致命地反抗
• defy%20recklessly">defy recklessly不顾后果地反抗
• defy%20savagely">defy savagely野蛮地反抗
• defy%20undauntedly">defy undauntedly无畏地反抗

• The challenger with fierce defie His trumpet sounds.

  出自：Dryden

• Th' infernal Serpent..Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.

  出自：Milton

v.(动词)

1. defy的基本意思是“公然反抗”,指下属对上司、晚辈对长辈、公民对法律等不服从或不尊重。引申则指有无法克服的困难。
2. defy用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。defy还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语,这时表示“挑激某人做某事”,含义是相信其做不到或不敢做。

v.(动词)

defy, resist

这组词都可作“抵制”解。其区别是：

前者表示出于阻止对方的行为而采取对立行动; 后者则含有果断、好斗且勇气十足的意味,伴有更公开、更尖锐的反抗行动。

oppose，defy，withstand，resist

这些动词均含有“反抗、抵抗”之意。

oppose普通用词，可表不同程度的抵抗。

defy指公开地、勇敢地反对或抵抗，有时含公然挑衅之意。

withstand较正式用词，指坚强地抵抗攻击或压力，有时也指抗拒影响或吸引力。

resist指积极地反抗一种攻击、暴力或诱惑。